Improvement in bed-bottoms



H. UGBORN 85 A. W. KENDRlCK.'

Bed-Bottoms.

No.135,725. Patented Feb.11,`1873.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRISON OGBORN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AND ANDREW IV. KENDRIOII, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 135,725, dated February11, 1873.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, HARRISON OGBORN, of Richmond, Indiana, and ANDREWW. KEN- DRIGK, of the city of Brooklyn and State of lNew York, haveinvented a new Improvement in Spring-Mattresses for Beds 5 and we dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingmal@ ing part of this specication, in which- Figure l represents a sideelevation of our spring-mattress complete, Fig. 2, a plan or top viewthereof; Fig. 3, a perspective view of a modified form of a springdetached; Fig. 4, another view of a spring detached. Fig. 5 represents agroup of four springs, composed of the modification shown in Fig. 3, andattached to each other by the hooks and eyes l hereinafter described.Figs. 6 and 7 represent modified methods ot forming the eyes in thesprings.

The object of our invention is to construct a spring-mattress, ormattress and bolster combined, composed entirely of metal springs, sothat they may be securely and firmly attached to each other to form asoft, elastic, light, and noiseless mattress, or mattress and bolstercombined, that may be used either side up, rolled together or bentin anydesired shape to form a bed, and that it may be readily re paired or newsprings inserted. Our invention relates, first, to the peculiar mannerof formin g the eyes on the coils composing a spring-mattress, andsecuring to the eyes so formed the ends of thewire of which the springsare made, to retain them in shape, by hooks formed on the ends of thecoil, second, in lengthening the springs of which the mattress iscomposed at one end so as to form a bolster to elevate the head.

A, Fig. 2, represents a top view of the springs, with their eyes andhoops, of our mattress. D are eyes formed in the outside coils of thesprings by crossing the wire to receive the hooks O on the sides oftheadjacent springs, which hooks are formed as shown in the drawing. rlheseeyes hold the ends of the wire of which the springs are composed, the

ends of the wire having hooks formed on them, which are claspedpermanently into the eyes to prevent the mattress sagging, incliningsidewise, or drawing apart.

As a modification of this mode of fastening', the ends of the wire ofwhich the springs are formed may be wrapped around the coils, commencingat one side and extending over and around the hook, which would beequivalent to a hook in the end thereof, thus uniting the springs andforming a durable and perfect mattress.

To form a combined mattress and bolster, one or more rows of springs atone end of the body of the mattress are made sufficiently long toelevate the head to the required height, as represented in the drawing.

These springs are specially adapted to sofas and chairs, and whereverspring seats are desired, because of the facility in the manufacture andtheir durability.

Having thus fully described our invention, u

what we claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

l. A mattress, the springs of which are formed with hooks and eyes onthe last coils thereof, when the ends of the wire forming the coils aresecured to or around the eyes, substantially in the manner and for thepur-- poses herein `set forth. l

2. A mattress constructed of the springs, as described, with a head orbolster elevation, formed by graduating the springs at the head.

' HARRISON OGBORN. ANDREW W. KENDRIGK.

Witnesses JNO. D. PATTEN, AD. P. Cown.

